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Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Cirencester

Responsible for leading and managing the operational risk function. This includes developing and implementing a comprehensive operational risk framework, as well as identifying, assessing, monitoring, and mitigating operational risks across all business lines and functions. I work closely with the Board, senior management, business line leaders, and risk management teams to ensure that risks are effectively managed and the organisation is in compliance with all relevant regulations and industry standards.Key Responsibilities:* Developing and implementing the operational risk framework ensuring it aligns with the organisations overall risk appetite and risk management strategy* Identifying, assessing, monitoring and prioritising operational risks across all business lines and functions* Overseeing the development of risk registers, risk and control self-assessments, and other risk management tools and processes* Working with business line leaders and risk management teams to implement controls and mitigation plans to address identified operational risks* Leading the incident management process, including coordinating the investigation of operational losses and incidents, and developing and implementing corrective action plans* Monitoring and reporting on operational risk performance and trends, and provide recommendations for improvement* Staying up-to-date on industry developments, regulatory changes, and best practices in operational risk management* Collaborating with other risk management functions, such as compliance and prudential risk, to ensure a holistic approach to risk managementKey Experience:* Big 4 trained Chartered Accountant (ACA)* Experienced function leader & people manager with 7 years of experience in risk, compliance and audit* Data analytics expertise including PowerBI & Python.* Strong understanding of operational risk frameworks, tools, and processes

Cirencester

Responsible for: - Working with the Group Audit Director and Group CRO to design, implement and oversee the management Risk and Control Self-Assessment process, providing evaluated insights to the Board Audit Committee on a quarterly basis.- Defining and managing the delivery of the Controls plan, ensuring that key controls are appropriately maintained, tested and improved and that Controls Self-Assessment is fully embedded across the group.- Providing the point of contact with all business areas for control enquires, providing ad hoc support and coaching as required.- Maintaining CSA action plans in order to monitor and report on progress.- Monitoring and reporting the progress of the Controls plan for input to team meetings, the monthly report, Audit Committee papers, including the annual Internal Control evaluation.- Maintaining the log of relevant control attestations or returns (internal and external) provided by other SJP departments, for example the annual Senior Accounting Officer sign off provided by Finance to HMRC.- Engaging with external sources of control expertise and guidance (including Regulatory requirements) and forums as required. Including the monitoring and reporting of developments in control requirements and guidance.- Engaging with the business teams of key third party administrators and key outsourced service providers to understand and monitor the activities they undertake to monitor and report on their control environments.- Working with the Audit Management Team to deliver consistency of direction and messages in relation to Internal Control and contribute, from a control perspective, to the development of the IA audit plan and the Department’s capabilities.- Providing consultancy and challenge to key business stakeholders to improve the business control environment.

Cirencester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

- A key Audit Manager responsible for leading audit teams (including external co-source experts), planning, executing and delivering value adding audits spanning a substantial spectrum of the business including Investment Management, Discretionary Wealth Management, and Outsourced operations, incorporating data analytics, prevailing professional standards and guidance, and regulatory knowledge. Delivering clear reporting and communications to senior governance and oversight functions, and managing assignment KPIs.- Taking responsibility for the management of audits and action follow up, co-source experts, and stakeholder relationships to produce timely, robust, high quality audit reports for senior governance functions and management.- Conducting internal quality assessments and making recommendations to improve methodology and control alignment with IIA Standards and the Code of Conduct for Internal Audit Departments in Financial Services.- Building strong stakeholder relationships within the business and with co-source experts to deliver high quality audits and to promote the audit process and status of the department within the business. - Management and monitoring individual assignment budgets, deadlines and stakeholder relationships to ensure assignment effectiveness and coordinating follow up of agreed audit actions with stakeholders for timely completion.

Reading, United Kingdom

Leasing household name engagements, managing, planning, executing and completing highly successful assignments, incorporating controls testing, fraud testing, CAATs, and statutory assurance for listed entities. Delivering the highest technical standards, clear reporting and communications with Audit Committees through reports and memos concluding the results and findings of assignments while managing overseas teams.

Bristol

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates